By Jia Xiuzhen

Daiyu went home again the next day, and Baoyu was a little discouraged when she found out.Jia's mother explained him and said, "Your sister Lin's family is the same as ours. Tomorrow, she has to take pictures of the Guanci Temple. Who will she let her do? Your uncle next door is so unwilling to come home, and he has to wait until tomorrow is over before leaving." What's more, your sister Lin is still in charge of the family. Come on, don't get angry, this is still in the middle of the year, don't think that no one will treat you if your father is not here! Okay, let's go to watch the lights at night. "

It is customary in the Jia Mansion that the lanterns will be rewarded from the thirteenth to the seventeenth, and today it is just sixteenth, and there will be a lantern feast in the evening.Only this time they are not called clan members, only the two wives Jia Mu and Xing Wang brought their sisters and relatives and friends who are temporarily living together to have fun.

Aunt Xue had changed her clothes and went into the house to see Baochai.He laughed and said, "Qin'er and Miss Shi have already passed away, what are you still talking about here?"

Baochai got up to support Aunt Xue, sighed and said: "Since years ago, I have to celebrate the festival at home, take care of the affairs of shopkeepers in various shops, and discuss the business arrangements for the coming year. Forget it, anyway. That's what our family does. We only live here now, and it's hard for us to push. From New Year's Eve to New Year's Eve, we don't stay home every day.

Yesterday was the day of the Lantern Festival, and the noise lasted until midnight, so it was enough fun.But today I still want to enjoy the lanterns.That spirit has been burnt out long ago, and I am really impatient to have to chat and laugh with him.I don't even want to stay in the garden, I just want to live quietly at home for two days. "

Aunt Xue smiled and said: "If people outside hear it, they will scold us for not knowing what to do. It is rare to meet such a lively banquet. You are not happy that we have fun day after day. .”

Baochai looked at Aunt Xue and said, "Mom, don't tease me. If I don't see it, Mom doesn't want to join in the fun."

Aunt Xue patted her hand with a smile and said: "Now that we are renting here, one thing is that we can stay close to your aunt and have someone to talk to and someone to discuss things. Yes, how much energy is spent in a year! There is no good thing in this world? What's more, it's just a happy time with the old lady in the past. What's the problem? Don't take advantage of the horns to make people look down on you go."

Baochai smiled and said, "I only said this in front of my mother. I can do whatever I want. I'm not Sister Lin. I really come and go whenever I want. When I lived here, I said If you don’t go to eat, you don’t go to eat, and the old lady has to send someone to pick up something fresh and easy to digest. I really don’t know how her heart grows, and people in the world don’t pay attention to it.”

Aunt Xue said: "She still has to take care of her own family. Although Mr. Lin's life and death are unknown, he still has a huge family business, and she has the capital to stand up for herself. Besides, the old lady always treats her as a pain in the heart, so she should be more pampered." It is also inevitable."

Baochai said: "Speaking of which, the old lady loves that girl Qin'er the most. I don't know how it came about."

Aunt Xue smiled and said: "Then how can it be the same? Qin'er is just being lively, and she has a lot of bright clothes and precious jewelry. When did the old lady ask about such small things as diet and rest? It's not the same thing after all. "

Before Baoqin came, Daiyu, Baoyu, Baochai, or Xiangyun were always beside Jiamu.Now a Baoqin came, just to replace her, just like yesterday's seat.Looking at the table in front of the two wives of King Xing, Baochai couldn't feel anything for a moment.

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "Hey, that girl has already agreed to others, and when Mei Hanlin's family comes back from office and settles things, we will be free of that hoop. If the old lady likes it, she will like it. What's the matter."

The mother and daughter were talking, and Baochai changed her clothes before going to Jiamu's courtyard together.

When the banquet was over, it was already the time when the moon was over.Xichun pulled Yingchun to take a detour from the Aujing Pavilion, and said with a long breath: "I'm tired, and I have to pretend to be happy to celebrate the New Year. It's really tiring, even more tiring than drawing talismans for half a day."

Yingchun saw that the people following him were all far away, and there were only a few people who were close to him, and then she began to persuade: "You should also be careful. Normally, no one would take care of the things we do. It's not good to just talk about it and provoke suspicion. I know that you are a bachelor and you are not afraid of anything. Only we can learn this, and thanks to my sister-in-law, if you just talk nonsense like this, if you implicate yourself What if you lost her? Even Laner, you will be ashamed to see her."

Xichun pursed her lips, "Is it so important? Second sister, you are thinking too much. Who would take my words seriously? It's just that I am a father of Xiao, and my eccentricity is hard to teach. Another thing, the servants around me are not as good as them. Who is willing to say more about good things?"

Yingchun said: "Although that's the case, there's no reason to give someone else something for nothing."

Xichun made sense after hearing this, so she nodded and said: "Okay, I'll make a note of it. I have to go to that mansion tomorrow to pay my respects. Really, since I have practiced Taoism, why can't I become a fairy..."

Yingchun glared at her, Xichun smiled: "How many people think so in their hearts, I just say it."

The next day was the seventeenth day, and everyone went to the Ning Mansion to salute, closed the ancestral hall and took pictures. Half of the year was counted.Jia Jing also decided to go back to the Taoist temple outside the city on the same day. He said goodbye to Jia's mother first, and after returning to Ningfu, he sent someone to call Xichun.Everyone was puzzled, and Xichun didn't know what to do.

The old servant led her into the house, which was the quiet room that Jia Jing repaired at home.It's just a case and a few futons.Xichun stepped forward to salute, Jia Jing nodded, pointed to the futon in front of him, and said, "Sit down and talk."

Xichun saluted again and thanked her, just now she sat upright on the futon, held her breath and stayed silent.Jia Jing looked at it for a while, nodded and said: "You are much better than your brother, but unfortunately you are a woman, I can't teach you the way of cultivation here. I will go to retreat again, if I have a chance when I travel far away someday, Or I can find you a decent teacher."

After talking a few times, he took out a small linen towel bag, pushed it in front of Xichun and said, "There are two books in it. I heard that you have two interests in talisman? The bastard has a lot of promise. Take this book and read it first, or you can get something, which is also your blessing."

Xichun quickly thanked her, took it and held it in her hand.Jia Jing nodded, then waved his hand and said: "Go. We cultivators, don't be tired by the dust, I'll be leaving in a while, and you can go back there, don't wait."

Xichun bowed again and withdrew.When I got out of the door, I saw Jia Zhen waiting on the porch. Seeing her come out, I hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What did the master say?"

Xichun shook her head: "Tell me to go back first, so I don't have to wait to see him off."

Jia Zhen took a look at the towel bag in Xichun's hand, judging its shape, it should be something like a book.Xichun immediately opened the towel bag, and sure enough, there were two thin Daoist books inside, and the paper seemed to be quite old, with several talisman patterns on it.Xichun spread out the two books in her hands, but did not flip through them, only looking at Jia Zhen.

Jia Zhen read the book first, and she really thought so, and seeing Xichun like this, she felt guilty at first, and then she couldn't help feeling angry.He is used to being king and hegemony in the mansion, he wants to beat his son, he wants to scold his wife, he wants a daughter-in-law... Let's not talk about this, but the one in front of him is his sister, and his father is still sitting inside, so he can't help but be angry. Suppressing this anger, he snorted and said: "Since the master said so, then you can go."

Xichun accepted the book with a cold face, bid farewell according to the courtesy, and then got in the car and went back to Rongfu.

When Jia Zhen went back to her room at night, Youshi saw that he looked unwell, so she didn't dare to ask further questions, but reminded the people below to keep their voices down, and she waited on him silently.Jia Zhen sat for a long time, then Fang said in a loud voice: "I don't know what kind of wind is blowing today, the old man asked someone to call my little sister, and gave me two books."

Youshi didn't know how to answer for a while, so he said: "You said that my younger sister was born, and I haven't seen the master a few times, right?"

Jia Zhen said: "That's exactly what I said. I never even mentioned it in the past. When I come home now, it's just a vain courtesy according to the old greetings. I don't know how to make this happen."

You said: "Master is a Taoist, we can't guess what he thinks. But since it is a book for my sister, it must also be a book for Taoism. How do you say this? It's not enough to be a monk, so I have to read it again." One out?"

Jia Zhen hadn't thought about this, and a look of hesitation appeared on her face, and You Shi continued: "I heard from the mansion that my sister's temper is very cold, and even if the old lady wants to order her to draw a picture, she will always resist. .When the sisters get together, they don’t go back to the capital. Instead, they like to follow the sisters to the nunnery in the garden.”

Jia Zhen already had a calm face at this time, and said with a smile: "Huh, this is really the birth of a dragon and a phoenix. Anyway, she is just a girl, so you can make troubles as you like. We are not bad for this dowry. "

Seeing that Jia Zhen's face turned brighter, Youshi didn't know what was bothering him just now, but seeing the sun was shining through the clouds, she felt relieved and picked up a few more household chores to talk about.Jia Zhen answered them one by one, drank some tea, and went back to the courtyard of the concubines.

That day, Aunt Xue's house invited her to have New Year's wine, Xi Chunzao couldn't bear the excitement and excitement, and everyone knew that Jia Jing would go back to the temple that day, so they wouldn't specially invite her.She took advantage of the time to go to Changcui nunnery.When Miaoyu heard that she was here, she was puzzled, and when she came in, she ordered tea to be made, and then asked her, "Aren't you going for the new year?"

Xichun sighed: "Isn't it enough? Now I know what the New Year's holiday is. Where is the holiday? It's really a doomsday! If it's not funny, you have to laugh with it, and if you don't want to drink, you have to drink with it. I'm not in the mood anymore. I still have to pretend to be lively and festive. Originally, I only said that the frowning face was annoying, but I didn’t know that the happy face could be so inconspicuous.”

These words won Miaoyu's heart, she nodded and said: "The bustle and bustle is an empty illusion, it's rare that you can still feel disgusted in such a place."

Xichun said: "I wish I could leave here. Others only look at wealth, how can they know the dirty inside."

Miao Yu said: "That's it, since you're bored, there will naturally be a chance to 'leave', so there's no need to worry."

Xichun sighed again: "I envy Sister Lin. On weekdays, she would say, 'It's better to get together than to leave'. After all, it's normal to be separated. I love those happy gatherings, and the more desolate they are after they are separated. It's better not to get together. How do you feel. She only wants to spend the Lantern Festival with Le Yile, and she still goes back to her own home, thinking about what to do. It’s not like us, it’s just going from one cage to another, and it’s not safe to live anywhere.”

Miaoyu was touched when she heard her words "from one cage to another". Seeing her silent, Xichun said, "Don't dislike me. I really don't want to go anywhere else, and there is no quiet place to go." I'll wait. I'll come to you. I think it's okay to talk about these things in front of you. Although it's okay to talk to the second sister, but she will inevitably have to reprimand me, and it will be annoying to hear too much. Master Miao, Buddhist Da Guang, save all sentient beings, you will not drive me out, will you?"

Miaoyu laughed and said, "Will you wait until now? Now that you've said that, why don't you sit in another place?"

Xichun was overjoyed when she heard the words, hurriedly got up and bowed, Miaoyu smiled, and took her to the back hall where she was doing her own cleaning.